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From unique archival and manuscript materials to books and periodicals, we provide access to many types of resources. To explore the full array of our collections, you need these two discovery tools:

Tool #1: Search Archives and Manuscripts

  1. Special Collections and Archives: Denise D'Aurora Personal Narrative

    ... with friends on other campuses. It seemed that people away from Kent knew more than we did, in ... to get dinner. The only thing that kept me from being on the Commons around the time of the shooting ... By two or so, we were told that we needed to leave the campus. I got a ride with a student from an ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/denise-daurora-personal-narrative
  2. Special Collections and Archives: Larry Raines, Personal Narrative

    ... 3, 1970 when a knock came at my door. It was Dean Kahler who lived 2 doors down from me in Wright ... blood on my hands.) From his jacket Dean pulled out a plastic bag with two blue bandannas soaking in ... to my right, I saw a student, Jeffrey Miller, fall to the pavement with blood flowing from his body. ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/larry-raines-personal-narrative
  3. Special Collections and Archives: "Penny", Commentary

    ... the time and had no political interest at the time the most impressive thing to me was from the news. ... freedom of speech became the only thing I knew of the constitution. I knew from this that our government ... to humans. At least with animals you can usually understand what to expect from them. My distrust of ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/penny-commentary
  4. Special Collections and Archives: Paul Beckwith, Personal Narrative

    ... I got a note from the office. I called home and my mom said there had been shootings at Kent State. ... I first heard about the Kent State shootings from my mom in my ninth grade wood shop teacher's ... the cafeteria. This was the only time that we ever had an early dismissal from school. The busses ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/paul-beckwith-personal-narrative
  5. Special Collections and Archives: 25th Anniversary Committee records

    ... programs and events, including several in the arts, were aided by funding from the Coordinating Committee. ... statements. *Excerpted from the "May 4 25th Anniversary Coordinating Committee Mission Statement" ... Coordinating Committee, as well as some from the Symposium Committee. Included are typical committee-related ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/25th-anniversary-committee-records
  6. Special Collections and Archives: Chapter Nine: The Defeated – The President and the Protestors

    ... away), nor any Kent State student, or a student from any college.    A fourteen-year-old runaway who had ... a telegram arrived at the White House from the American Civil Liberties Union, announcing its intention to ... not going to Atlanta.” [5]    The decision was perhaps underlined by a call from White House ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/chapter-nine-defeated-president-and-protestors
  7. Special Collections and Archives: UERMWA/IUERMW, Packard Electric Division Plants of Warren, Ohio records

    ... planning your visit. Scope and Content This collection consists of union and labor materials dating from ... 1944 to 1967. It contains materials and data from the anti-Communist movement of the middle 1940's ... major section of this collection focuses on the accomplishments and development of the IUERMW from its ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/uermwaiuermw-packard-electric-division-plants-warren-ohio-records
  8. Special Collections and Archives: Paul Palsa papers

    ... the Kent State shootings. Also included are flyers from other organizations. Restrictions on Access: ... clippings, 1977-1980 Flyers from other organizations, 1970; 1977-1978 ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/paul-palsa-papers
  9. Special Collections and Archives: Sheet Music: Z

    ... From the musical comedy Annie Dear ANNIE DEAR. Clare Kummer (w & m). Harms Inc., 7195-4. New York: ... 1924. 4 pp. Cover text: Billie Burke with Ernest Truex, a Zeigfeld production. From the Paramount ... m). McCarthy & Fisher Inc., New York: 1919. 2 pp. Cover photo: Billie Burke. From the production ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/sheet-music-z
  10. Special Collections and Archives: Roy Harmon Smith and Family papers

    ... youngest graduate from the Miller Manual Labor School near Staunton, launching what became a long and ... design for machinery used in the making of nuts and bolts, and in 1949 he received the highest award from ... field back of 451 Park Ave.," undated Photograph "Looking west from 451 Park Ave.," ...

    https://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/roy-harmon-smith-and-family-papers

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